World’s First Floating Windmill Application Deploys Ethernet Direct Industrial Gigabit Managed Switches
07/23/2010
Taipei, Taiwan, 23 July, 2010– Ethernet Direct Corporation, a professional and primary provider of Industrial Networking and communication solutions, unveils a successful deployment involved in renewable energy using floating windmill application in Norway.
The leading energy company in oil and gas production in Northern Europe invested in deploying the world’s first full-scale floating wind turbine, project Hywind. The purpose of Hywind project is to explore and experiment how to make use of the wind resources at sea to the largest extent, evaluate the possibility of commercialize this idea, and make the floating windmills the next generation of energy supply. Turbine manufactured by Siemens, floater built by Technip, power cables laid by Nexans, and plus the energy company’s own long time experience and expertise in oil & gas industry and knowledge of wind power, Hywind was successfully and stably installed and began its test of power generation in 2009. Ethernet Direct is proud to be a part of the system supplying the industrial Ethernet switches.
In order to monitor and control the status of this innovative floating windmill, a reliable communication network is a must. The project deployed Ethernet Direct’s HMG-628G, an industrial 6-port 10/100/1000Base-T(X) plus 2 x copper/SFP ports full gigabit managed Ethernet switch for its fast transmission speed, and flexibility in choosing fiber interface. HMG-628G also comes with X-Ring ring redundancy designs, which can auto-recover from a disconnection in the primary transmission path by using the backup path within less than 10ms. Interoperability and reliability are the key points considered for this world pioneer energy project.
The integrator is Norwegian-based and Ethernet Direct was chosen owing to the ability to provide global network 24/7 support by Ethernet Direct Scandinavia. Ethernet Direct boasts other proven successes in the wind farm applications involving onshore, near shore and offshore and the global reputation is important in the project installation. Ethernet technology is installed for long distance monitoring, centralized control, and operating capabilities in harsh environments where the wind power farms are usually located.
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